Material-handling device



Dec. 6, 1927.

H. H. KURTZ MATERIAL HANDLING nzvrca Filed Dec Patented ec. 6,1927.

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" MATERIAL-HANDLING DEVICE;

ApplicationfiledIDecember' 7, 1925. Serial-N0. 73,586."

This invention relates to material handling devicesand has for its ob ect to provlde a new and improved device of t-hisdescription.

The invention has as a further object to provide a simple,- efi'ective material handling device by means of whichthe material may be easily, quickly and effectively released after it has been moved to the desired position so that it may be deposited at the point desire-d.

-The invention has as a further object to provide a material handling device particularly adapted tobe used in sto'wing hay, grain and the like in a barn.

I The invention has other objects which are more particularly pointed out in the accompanying description.

ing elementQ, and is also provided with means for suspending it from a carrier 3. In the construction shown the body portion 1 is provided with an opening 4 which receives the binding element 2 and which also receives the support 5 by means of which.

it is connected with the carrier 3. This carrier is mounted on a support 6 which extends along above the placewhere the material is to be deposited. The binding element 2 is provided with a connecting piece 7 which may be a hook, link or the like which hooks over the end of the body portion 1,

said body portion being provided with a recess 8 to receive said hook. The end of the body portion below the recess as shown at 1 is inclined so that the hook may easily slide oii when released. The body portion is provided with the separated lateral projections 9 and 10. Slidably mounted upon these projections is the locking member 11. A spring 12 engages one of these projections as, for example, the projection 9 and also engages a stop 13 on the locking member 11. This spring normally holds the lower end 11 of the locking member opposite the recess 8 so that the connecting piece is held .inposition and cannot be accidentally released, Theflocking device 11 is provided with a stop 14 which limitsits movement in responseto the spring 12.

'A flexible controlling device 15 is cori- Y nected with the locking member' 11 and passes over a direction changing device 16 attach-ed tothe body portion 1 in any suitable manner. As herein shown, this direction changing device is illustrated as a pulley provided with a ring 17 which is connectedto a projection 18 on the body portion. Thereis also a projection on the body portion which engages the direction changing device so as 'tohold it in. proper position. The particular direction changing device illustrated is a pulley having a member in which the pulley is mounted, the ring 17 being connected with said member, there being a connection between the ring and the bodyportion andbetween the member in which the wheel is mounted and thebody portion; The controlling device 15, which may be a rope, hangs down within the reach.

of the operator and by pulling upon it the locking device 11 is moved to its released position so as to unlock the connecting piece 7 and, permit it to be released so as to release the material in thelbinding element 2.

For purposes of illustration I have shown and described a particular construction embodying the invention but it is, of course, evident thatthe parts may be varied in many particulars without departing from the spirit of the invention as' embodiedin the claims hereto appended.

The use and operation of .my invention.

are. as follows When the device is used, for example, for

-accidental displacement The bundle of material is then moved to the point desired and when in this position the releasing device is out of reach of the operator. The control- 1 lingdevice 15, however, is within the reach of the operator and when it is desired to drop the material the operator pulls upon the controlling device 15.; This moves the locking devicell so that its end 11' will be gardless of the position of the body portion 1, that is, even though said body portion should be below the operator, or above the operator, or at a point where it'is about on the level with the operator but at a distance horizontally from him. This device prevents binding of the parts and insures the easy and effective release of'the connecting piece 7 and tlie binding element 2;

1. A material handling device comprising a body portion, separated projections connected therewith, a locking element at one side of said body portion'movably mounted on saidprojections, a spring for normally holding said locking element in its locking position, a stop for said locking element, a flexible controlling device connected with said locking element, a direction changing device over which said controlling device passes, said direction changing device being in alignment with the longitudinal axis of said locking element, said controlling device extending to a distant point, a binding ele ment connected with said body port-ion, a connecting piece on said binding element adapted to engage the end of said body portion, a'portion of said locking element being arranged opposite the connecting piece when in position so as to prevent it from being disconnected from the body portion, said controlling device when pulled mov ing the locking element so as to release said connecting piece and binding element.

2. A material handling device comprising a body portion, separated projections connected therewith, a locking element movably mounted on said projections, a spring for normally holding said locking element in its locking position, a flexible controlling device connected with said locking element, a direction changing device over which said controlling device passes, said controlling device extending to a distant point, two connections between said direction changing device and saidbodyportion, abindingelement connected with said body portion, a connecting piece on said binding element adapted to engage the end of said body por tion, a portion'of said locking element being arranged opposite the connecting piece when in position so as to prevent it from being disconnected from the body portion, said controlling device when pulled moving the locking element so as to release said connecting piece and binding element.

3. A material. handling device comprising a body portion, a flexible binding element connected therewith, a connecting piece on said binding element adapted to be releasably connected with the end of said body portion, the body portion having a recess into which the connecting piece is received, and a downwardly inclined portion extending from said recess to the end of the body portion, a locking element having a portion opposite said recess when in its locking position which prevents said connecting piece from being removed, a pulley including a wheel, a member in which said wheel is rotatably mounted, a ring connected with said member, a connection between said ringand said body portion, a second connection between said member and said body portion, a flexible controlling device connected with said locking element and passing over the wheel of said pulley and adapted, when pulled, to move the locking device torelease' said connecting piece.

Signed at Bellflower, county of McLean, and State of 111., this. 19th day of November, 1925.

HOWARD H. KURTZ. 

